A CHINESE BROWN-GROUND EMBROIDERED 'DRAGON' ROBE, JIFU . Qing Dynasty. The brown silk ground couched in gold-wrapped threads with eight five-clawed dragons surrounded , bats and flames, all , bordered with a navy blue-ground silk repeati ng the motif, navy blue ribbed silk sleeves, 150 x 225 cm. 清 醬地繡龍紋吉服

TWO CHINESE SILK PANELS. 19th/20th Century. One depicting a gold dragon chasing a sacred pearl of wisdom amongst clouds and above stylised waves, the other with peonies and butterflies, 55 x 34cm, 94 x 54.5cm. (2) 十九 / 二十世紀 絲繡兩件

A LARGE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE ‘PEONIES’ DISH. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Decorated with a central roundel of peonies emerging from behind a rock among butterflies and birds, with a green diaper border set with six panels each enclosing a scr olling chi dragon, 36.5cm diameter. 清十九世紀 粉彩繪牡丹紋碟

A SET OF TWO CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'DRAGON AND PAGODA' DISHES. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Each painted with a gnarled blossoming plum tree, a scaly dragon in flight and a pagoda on top of a perforated rockery, with a band of shells and blossoms to the rims, 23cm diameter. (2) 清十八世紀 粉彩繪龍紋碟一對

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND AUBERGINE-GLAZED 'BUDDHIST LION DOG' JOSS STICK HOLDERS. Qing Dynasty. Each baring its fangs, the female with a puppy climbing her leg, the male with articulated eyes resting his paw on a reticulated ball, with a lotus bud-shaped joss stick holders to the backs, all decorated with turquoise, aubergine and yellow enamels and raised on high rectangular plinths, 25cm H. (2) 清 松石綠地佛獅形香插一對

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'GOOSE' CARVING. With head gracefully turned to sinister, the beak holding a spray of lotus blossoms, with formed as swirling stylised waves, 9.5cm H. 青玉雕鵝

A PAIR OF CHINESE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER TRAYS. Qing Dynasty, Kangxi period. Of square form with cut corners, inlaid in gold and mother-of-pearl to depict scholars with attendants in a rocky garden, each inlaid to the base in m other-of-pearl with a poetic inscription, one inscribed R u Gang Ru Ling (like the topmost ridges, and the greatest bulks), the other Ru Nanshan Zhi Shou (like the age of the southern hills), 10.5cm diameter. (2) 清康熙 黑漆嵌螺鈿托盤一對，「如崗如陵，如南山之壽」款 Both the inscriptions on these two trays are lines taken from the Shi Jing (Book of Poetry), section II, Minor Odes of the Kingdom, chapter I, Decade Of Lu Ming: Tianbao . The translations given above are by James Legge. For a pair of related square dishes similarly inscribed with poetic quotes on the reverse see Layered Beauty: Baoyizhai Collection of Chinese Lacquer , Institute of Chinese Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010, cat no 28.

A CHINESE QINGBAI 'LOTUS' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER. Song Dynasty or later. The ovoid body moulded with a row of lotus petals and supported on three palmette-shaped legs, the domed cover with a reticulated decoration of a central flower head within a band of smaller blossoms and scrolling foliage, contained in a Japanese wood box, 12cm H, 11.5cm diameter. (4) 宋或更晚 青白釉三足蓋爐連木盒

A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE BUDDHIST ALTAR CLOTHS. 19th Century . Three Kinran Uchijiki (altar table covers), woven in silk and metallic threads, with confronted dragons and in linked medallions set against a purple ground, 163 x 134cm, cr anes and dragon amongst stylised floral design on pale blue, 130 x 134cm, stylised chrysanthemum and paulownia design with borders, 81 x 162cm, and a silk woven obi with cranes, pines and peonies, 380 x 32cm. (4) 金襴寺裂、帯 19 世紀 Provenance: Purchases from K Imaizumi, Tokyo in1926, formerly the collection of Zojoji temple in Tokyo.

ATTRIBUTED TO KORYUSAI. 18th century. A Japanese woodblock print, a narrow format ( Hashira-e ), depicting a hawk and a pheasant on a pine branch, the publisher’s seals, Nishimuraya Yohachi Eijyudo , framed and glazed, 63 x 13 cm approx., 81.5 x 28cm (frame). 伝湖竜斎 柱絵

THREE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. From the Japanese series ‘Shikinohana ’ (Flowers of four seasons), Spring flowers, Vol.2, twenty-four double and one single page illustrations printed in colour, the colophon giving date Meiji 41 (1908), the publisher ’s name, Unseido, the artist’s names, Sakai Hoitsu, Suzuki Ki’itsu, Nakano Kimei, Summer flowers Vol.1 and Vol.3 with twenty-two double-page illustrations, 4pp. titles (Vol 1), 28 x 19cm. (3) 版画帳３冊

A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF A RECUMBENT OX. 19th Century. Lying with its legs folded beneath, inlaid eyes and engraved details, signed Tomotada in a cartouche, 6cm wide. This lot may be subject to CITES. 象牙根付 牛 銘友忠 19 世紀

A JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF AN OCTOPUS AND FISHERMEN. Meiji Period. Two fishermen, each carrying an oar, struggling to free themselves from a giant octopus they caught, 9cm H. This lot may be subject to CITES. 象牙製置物 明治時代

A CHINESE EXPORT SILVER RETICULATED BOX AND COVER. 19th Century. The reticulated body decorated with a continuous scene of figures in a village landscape above a band of lappets, with two dragon head-shaped handles with loose rings, the cover with further landscape panels between chevron bands and with a lion dog 23cm diameter, 800g. (2) 十九世紀 銀鏤空雙龍環耳蓋盒

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'WATERSIDE SCENE' DISH. Qing Dynasty, six character Daoguang mark and of the period. Painted with pavilions on a riverside, the water filled with boats, 18cm diameter. 清道光 粉彩描金潯陽秋泊圖文花口碟，「大清道光年製」款

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE AND OVERGLAZE-RED 'DRAGON' DISH. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Decorated to the centre with a iron-red dragon amidst clouds, the underside with conforming design, four character cai hua tang zhi mark within double line b order, 16cm diameter. 十九世紀 青花樊紅云龍紋碟，「彩華堂製」款

A CHINESE CELADON YEN YEN 'LOTUS' VASE. Early 20th Century. The body incised with lotus flower heads and foliage between bands of stylised waves, the flared neck with further lotus scrolls between bands of chevron, a circular label for Kendall Co llection to the base, 41cm H. Provenance: Dr Neil Kendall collection label . 二十世紀早期 青釉暗刻蓮紋鳳尾尊

A CHINESE CELADON EWER. With a pear-shaped body and a double handle, incised with stylised clouds and with a band of chevron to the neck, key fret to the shoulder and simple petals around the foot, 17cm H. 青釉執壺 Provenance: previously in the collection of J.M. Hu (1911-1995).

A CHINESE JADEITE 'DRAGON' BELT HOOK. Qing Dynasty. The tip carved as a dragon head, the body with a smaller reticulated chilong , 7cm long. 清 翡翠雕螭龍紋帶扣

A CHINESE HORN 'WARRIOR' CARVING. Qing Dynasty. Standing, wearing a ceremonial armour with a sword, a bow and a quiver of arrows, leaning on a tall lance, with a flag in his right hand and two boy attendants, a Da Ming Cheng Hua mark to the under side, together with a wood stand, 20.5cm H. (2) 清 牛角雕猛士，「大明成化」 款

A CHINESE CRYSTAL ARCHAISTIC POURING VESSEL AND COVER, YI . 19th/20th Century. With a globular body rising from a splayed foot to an everted neck, set with a handle in the form of a stylised dragon, the cover carved as the head and back of a my thical beast, its mouth resting on the rim, 10cm H. (2) 十九 / 二十世紀 水晶雕匜連蓋

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BOWL. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Painted with eight trigrams between stylised clouds and cranes in flight above stylised waves, with a roundel containing a dragon and a sacred pearl of wisdom to the centre, a Kan gxi mark to the base, 13.5cm. 清十九世紀 青花龍紋盌，「大清康熙年製」款

A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' CHARGER. Qing Dynasty. Painted with stylised flower heads and foliage, together with a blue and white moon flask decorated with boys, 51.5cm diameter. (2) 清 青花蓮紋大盤

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS SCROLL’ DISHES. Six character Yongzheng mark and of the period. Decorated to the interior with lotus scroll interspersed with circular roundels composed of the characters fu and shou, 16 cm diameter . (2) 清雍正 青花纏枝蓮紋福祿壽碟，「大清雍正年製」款 Provenance: Collection of Martin Bolstad (1892-1956).

A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BOWLS. Qing Dynasty, 19th Century. Each with a flared body painted with five roundels of dragons wrapped around a sacred pearl of wisdom, 17.2cm diameter. (2) 清十九世紀 青花龍紋盌一對

A CHINESE SOAPSTONE BRUSH REST. Qing Dynasty. Carved in white stone as a porous three-peak rockery, stained brown and painted with green and red accents, 15.6cm. 清 壽山石雕筆擱

TWO CHINESE SOAPSTONE SEALS. Qing Dynasty. Each square-section with four characters to the face, one carved out of green nephrite with four sinuous archaistic dragons to the top, the second in brown soapstone with various blossoms within a chevron border, with stylised archaistic dragons to the top, 8.2cm H. (2) 清 硬石雕印章兩枚

A CHINESE LATER-ENAMELLED BLUE AND WHITE 'BOYS' BRUSH POT, BITONG . Transitional period, later enamelled. With a tall cylindrical body painted with five boys at play in a landscape by rockwork, with a fortified city amidst clouds in the distance, with a band of chevron to the rim and stylised waves to the foot, 21cm H. 明末清初或更晚 青花后加彩童子圖筆筒

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE WINE POT AND COVER. 19th Century or later. The tapered body moulded with six lobes, decorated with panels of figures in landscapes and blossoming trees, the handle painted with a border, the spout with a dragon, a Qianlo ng mark to base, the cover mirroring the design, 15cm H. (2) 十九世紀 粉彩人物故事圖酒壺連蓋，「大清乾隆年製」款

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE LIME-GREEN GROUND BOWL. Qing Dynasty, six character Jiaqing mark and of the period. Of octagonal section with an everted rim, decorated with lotus scroll, 7cm H, 13cm diameter. 清嘉慶 綠地粉彩繪纏枝蓮紋盌，「大清嘉慶年製」款

A PAIR OF CHINESE ' KUI ' DRAGON CUPS. 20th Century, attributed to Feng Guilin (1902-1946). Each with a flared rim painted with archaistic sinuous dragon between bands of to the rim and the foot, Juan marks to the bases, 5cm H, 7cm diameter. (2 ) 二十世紀 綠釉夔龍紋盃一對, 「卷翁」款

TWO CHINESE SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES. Qing Dynasty. Each with a flattened ovoid body, one carved with a scholar and an assistant by a gate, the second with a sage on a terrace, the milky stone with brown and black inclusions, 7.2cm H. (4) 清 瑪瑙巧雕鼻煙壺倆件

A TIBETAN BRONZE FIGURE OF BEGTSE CHEN. 19th Century. The deity standing in a dynamic pose on a lotus base, wearing a flaming crown and a serpent necklace, 6.5cm H, 101g. 十九世紀 銅大紅司命像

A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BODHISATTVA. 18th/19th Century. Seated with his legs crossed , with his upturned palms placed one upon another, wearing elaborate necklaces and ribbons, his face with a serene expression framed by elongated earlobes with large earrings, all raised on a double lotus base, 16.5cm, 76g. 十八 / 十九世紀 銅佛像

A CHINESE POLYCHROMED WOOD HEAD OF A BODHISATTVA. Qing Dynasty. Carved with downcast eyes in a serene expression, with elongated earlobes and hair piled up in a tall chignon decorated with a tiara, 35cm H. (2) 清 木雕加彩菩薩頭像連座

TWO CANES WITH RHINOCEROS HORN HANDLES. Circa 1900. 84-90cm long. (2) This lot may be subject to CITES. 約一九零零 鑲犀角把手拐杖

TWO CANES WITH RHINOCEROS HORN HANDLES. Circa 1900. 78-88cm long. (2) This lot may be subject to CITES. 約一九零零 鑲犀角拐杖兩只

A CANE WITH SPHERICAL RHINOCEROS HORN HANDLE. Circa 1900. 91cm long. This lot may be subject to CITES. 約一九零零 鑲犀角把手拐杖

A STICK WITH RHINOCEROS HORN HANDLE. Circa 1900. 91.5cm long. This lot may be subject to CITES. 約一九零零 鑲犀角把手拐杖

FOUR CHINESE PAINTINGS. Qing Dynasty. Comprising: a landscape on silk with a boat on a lake beneath pine trees, a smaller painting on paper of a scholar by his desk on a veranda and a pair of export pith paintings of birds perched on blossoming b ranches, all framed and glazed, 15 x 24cm, 21.5 x 28cm, 30 x 41cm (4) 清 通草花鳥畫兩幅及水墨絹本畫山水畫兩幅

A CHINESE PAINTING OF A SCHOLAR IN A BOAT. Late Qing Dynasty. Hanging scroll, ink and colour on paper, 93 x 36cm (painting), 27.5 x 36cm (calligraphy). 清晚期 泛舟圖